Case Study Gardasil
Gardasil is a vaccine developed by the Merck pharmaceutical company that helps protect against the Human Papillomavirus (HPV) types 6, 11, 16, and 18. These different strains of the virus can cause any of the following: cervical cancer, abnormal and precancerous lesions of the vagina, vulva, and genital warts. According to the CDC in 2003 the incidence of HPV in women ages 20-24 was at about 45%. http://www.cdc.gov/vaccines/recs/acip/downloads/mtg-slides-feb08/15-4-hpv.pdf Gardasil does not contain any live virus or dead virus, only virus-like particles, which cannot be reproduced in the human body. It is a vaccine indicated in girls and women 9-26 years in age for the prevention of HPV, cervical cancer, and genital warts. The recommended
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Gardasil can interact with certain medications and should not be used by women who are on blood thinners/ (anticoagulants), or steroid therapy, should not get the injection because of adverse reactions. Another thing to consider is that if you have a compromised immune system, you should not get the vaccine, and also you should not get the vaccine if you have any allergy to yeast. Gardasil does not contain any live or dead virus but can still cause infections at the injection site if the patient has an allergic reaction to the vaccine. …show more content…
Merck and the FDA did not disclose how much aluminum was used in making the placebo of Gardasil. The FDA allowed Merck to use a potentially reactive aluminum-containing placebo as a control for most trial participants, rather than a non-reactive saline solution placebo. Aluminum can cause nerve cell death. http://www.fda.gov/ohrms/dockets/ac/06/briefing/2006-4222B3.pdf About 60 percent of those injected with Gardasil or the aluminum placebo had systemic adverse events including headache, fever, nausea, dizziness, vomiting, diarrhea, and myalgia. Some patients experienced lesions at the injection site, and other types of rashes and skin abruptions. Which some may argue are direct causes of the placebos and vaccines containing Aluminum derivatives. The link below shows an article that I found interesting, it is a paper that was written by Oxford Journals.
Gardasil can interact with certain medications and should not be used by women who are on blood thinners/ (anticoagulants), or steroid therapy, should not get the injection because of adverse reactions. Another thing to consider is that if you have a compromised immune system, you should not get the vaccine, and also you should not get the vaccine if you have any allergy to yeast. Gardasil does not contain any live or dead virus but can still cause infections at the injection site if the patient has an allergic reaction to the vaccine. …show more content…
Merck and the FDA did not disclose how much aluminum was used in making the placebo of Gardasil. The FDA allowed Merck to use a potentially reactive aluminum-containing placebo as a control for most trial participants, rather than a non-reactive saline solution placebo. Aluminum can cause nerve cell death. http://www.fda.gov/ohrms/dockets/ac/06/briefing/2006-4222B3.pdf About 60 percent of those injected with Gardasil or the aluminum placebo had systemic adverse events including headache, fever, nausea, dizziness, vomiting, diarrhea, and myalgia. Some patients experienced lesions at the injection site, and other types of rashes and skin abruptions. Which some may argue are direct causes of the placebos and vaccines containing Aluminum derivatives. The link below shows an article that I found interesting, it is a paper that was written by Oxford Journals.